KSAB

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{{Infobox radio station

| name = KSAB

| logo = KSAB Tejano99.9 logo.jpg

| logo_size = 200px

| city = Robstown, Texas

| area = Corpus Christi metropolitan area

| branding = Tejano 99.9

| frequency = 99.9 MHz

| repeater =

| airdate = {{start date and age|1966|10|13}}

| format = Tejano music

| erp = 100,000 watts

| haat = {{convert|284|m|ft|sp=us}}

| class = C1

| facility_id = 33776

| coordinates = {{Coord|27|45|7.00|N|97|38|17.00|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}

| callsign_meaning =

| former_callsigns = KROB-FM (1978–1991)

| owner = iHeartMedia, Inc.

| licensee = iHM Licenses, LLC

| sister_stations = KKTX, KMXR, KNCN, KRYS-FM, KUNO

| webcast = [https://www.iheart.com/live/ksab-tejano-999-3656/ Listen Live]

| website = www.ksabfm.com

| affiliations =

| licensing_authority= FCC

}}

KSAB (99.9 FM, Tejano 99.9) is a commercial radio station broadcasting a Tejano music format.{{cite web |url=http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/sip.do#access |date=Summer 2009 |title=Station Information Profile |publisher=Arbitron |accessdate=2009-08-23}} It is licensed to Robstown, Texas, and serves the Corpus Christi metropolitan area. It is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc.{{cite web |url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=KSAB |title=KSAB Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division |accessdate=2009-08-23}} The music ranges from the 1980s and 90s to present-day Tejano hits. Announcements are in a mix of Spanish and English. The studios and offices are on Old Brownsville Road near Corpus Christi International Airport.

KSAB has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts, the maximum for most stations in the U.S. The transmitter tower is off County Road 67 in Robstown.

History

The station signed on the air on {{Start date and age|October 13, 1966}}.[https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1981/C%20Facilities%20of%20Radio%201981%20ALL.pdf Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1981 page C-235. Retrieved Jan. 27, 2025.] Its original call sign was KROB-FM, the sister station to KROB 1510 AM. The two stations had simulcast a country music format. They were owned by Coastal Bend Broadcasting.

On July 11, 1991, the station changed its call letters to the current KSAB. It switched to a Tejano music format, separate from its AM sister station.

San Antonio-based Clear Channel Communications acquired the station in 2000.[https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/2009/Radio-BC-YB-2009.pdf Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2009 page D-539. Retrieved Jan. 27, 2025.] In 2014, Clear Channel changed its name to the current iHeartMedia. KSAB Tejano 99.9 broadcasts online via the iHeartRadio app.{{cite web |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=33776&Callsign=ksab |title=ksab Call Sign History |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division |accessdate=2009-08-23}}

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